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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Op
Calendar No. 476
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
2d Session JSENATE 1 116-230
BRIDGING AGENCY DATA GAPS AND ENSURING SAFETY
FOR NATIVE COMMUNITIES ACT
JUNE 4, 2020-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1853]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 1853) to require Federal law enforcement agencies to report on
cases of missing or murdered Indians, and for other purposes, hav-
ing considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute, and recommends that the bill,
as amended, do pass.
PURPOSE
The bill is designed to improve public safety in Native commu-
nities by addressing statutory barriers, and practical inefficiencies
that limit investigation of and information sharing in criminal
cases that involve Native communities and their members.
BACKGROUND
Indian Country is home to law enforcement agencies (LEAs) op-
erated by federal, Tribal, state, and local governments. Approxi-
mately 160 Tribes directly operate their own police departments.
Others rely on federally-operated Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
police departments, or state and local LEAs pursuant to P.L. 83-
280.1
1 Commonly referred to as P.L. 280, this law transferred federal jurisdiction over reserva-
tions to the state governments of California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Alas-
ka. It also allowed other states the option to acquire jurisdiction as well.
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